The story we started

[“Buler! Are you free now!?”]

[As a result, Yukinoshita Yukino had just opened her lips to utter the first word when Zaimokuza's hurried voice came from the other end, interrupting what she was about to say. The anxiety in his tone gave her a bad feeling, so she immediately changed her tone and spoke calmly.]

[“I’m free, Zaimokuza-san, what happened?”]

[“Minister, the unconfirmed life form No. 22 has appeared. I am now preparing to stop it from committing a crime!”]

[Zaimokuza's words made Yukinoshita Yukino's soft hands clench subconsciously. She frowned and asked with a somewhat uneasy look in her eyes.]

[“Then why did you call me? I can’t give you any help in the battle except translating the inscriptions excavated from the Jiulangyue ruins.”]

[“Minister, I don’t have time to explain to you now. I need you to do me a favor!”]

[Zaimokuza parked the Triangle Tracker 2000 on the side of a small road and walked back and forth anxiously while making a phone call, looking up from time to time in the direction of Togane City in the distance.]

[“Captain! I want you to go to Sobu High School, to the old Service Club classroom, and meet Mr. Hiratsuka there on my behalf!”]

[“Sobu High School… Service Club… Hiratsuka-sensei?”]

[The words spoken by Zaimokuza on the other side of the phone were transmitted to the ears of Yukinoshita Yukino, who was thousands of miles away, through the telecommunications signal. Hearing these familiar yet strange words, Yukinoshita Yukino's eyes became somewhat dazed and at a loss at this moment.]

[“Zaimokuza-san, why are you——”]

[“Busan, I don’t have time to explain to you right now! Now I can only ask you to go there on my behalf and fulfill my promise to Mr. Hirazuka. Please!”]

[“Wait! Zaimokuza-san!?”]

【dudududu...】

[Listening to the call disconnection sound coming from the phone, Yukinoshita Yukino slowly raised the phone from her ear to her eyes, staring at the dark screen with a blank look in her eyes. ]

[She felt the sea of ​​memory deep in her heart surging at this moment, and countless past memories floated up from the deep sea like bubbles, and shattered when they reached the surface of the sea.]

[Each of those burst bubbles contained a fragment of memory. When those fragmented fragments came together, they became three words that summarized all the emerging memories.]

【Sobu High School. 】

【“…”】

[Yukinoshita Yukino's eyes turned to her desk again, but she didn't look at the computer screen showing the inscription, but at a photo frame next to it. ]

[The photo frame contains the only group photo of all the members of the Service Club.]

[Looking at the photo, Yukinoshita Yukino opened and closed her mouth a few times, but found that she couldn't say anything. All the words that came to her mouth seemed to be stuck in her throat by something invisible, and could not move forward any further.]

[Finally, she bit her moist lips with her shell-white teeth silently, lowered her head deeply, raised her hands and pounded them hard on the desk.]

[Boom~]

[A dull sound like an old tree falling echoed in the laboratory.]

62. Memories of the old place in

Chiba Prefectural Chiba Benzun High School, Health Room. 400txt.com

“How many police officers have died since this video was released?”

Kyosuke Kousaka, who had wrapped himself in a quilt like a dumpling, looked at "himself" on the mobile phone screen taking his last look at the dead policeman, and sighed silently in the quilt.

"Police, this is really a dangerous job..."

As he said this, Kyosuke Kousaka began to feel a little worried because he thought of his father.

My father is also a policeman, and he is a criminal policeman just like my future self in the video. He has always been at the forefront of the case and often encounters very dangerous situations, such as vicious criminals, robbery scenes, gang conflicts... and all kinds of things.

Although Kyosuke Kousaka usually doesn't ask about his father's work, he actually has unspeakable worries in his heart, worrying that something might happen to his father one day.

Thinking of this, his heart moved slightly, and he looked at himself in the mobile phone video putting down his bloody fist, his eyes somewhat curious and puzzled.

Speaking of which, why would I become a policeman in the future?

Starting from this video, when Kyosuke Kousaka saw his future self wearing the classic police inspector's windbreaker and sunglasses from film and television dramas, he actually had this question, but he could never think of the answer.

He had imagined what he would do after graduating from high school. Years of study had made him feel disgusted with learning, and with his mediocre grades, he didn't think he was cut out for study. Therefore, Kyosuke Kousaka planned to submit his resume directly for a job after graduation. He estimated that he would become one of the nails that make up Japan's high-pressure heavy industrial society, and like other office workers, he would become a social animal who would work from nine to nine or even 007 for the rest of his life.

He had never thought of becoming a policeman like his father, so Kyosuke Kousaka couldn't understand why his future self would choose this profession.

Kyosuke Kousaka has always hated violence, and actually has always had a slight resistance to the profession of policeman which inevitably involves the use of violence, so it is difficult for him to imagine himself wearing a police uniform, holding a gun and handcuffs to arrest a criminal.

What is even more unimaginable to Kyosuke Kousaka is that in the future he not only becomes a policeman who was originally resistant, but also becomes a veritable ace operator of the Metropolitan Police Department, with abilities far exceeding those of his colleagues and yet he is so brave that he disregards death.

Unlike his current self who doesn't even dare to kill a chicken, when facing unconfirmed life forms, which are far more terrifying than the most vicious criminals that the police of this country have faced in the past, such as cult leaders like Asahara Shoko, his future self will always charge to the front line of the battlefield with a sniper rifle, fighting side by side with Zaimokuza who has the ability to transform as a mortal. He uses his life and guns as weapons to dance the dance of death with those executioners who kill without blinking an eye and have various superpowers. He survives every time and even becomes a hero recognized by all citizens.

The difference between the future "self" in the video and the present self is so huge that it is impossible to imagine that they are the same person. Not only Zaimokuza Yoshiki but also Kousaka Kyosuke has this doubt.

How on earth would his future self become such an outstanding policeman? This was something he had never been able to figure out.

[A factory in Togane City.]

【09:23 a.m】

[“Aiya! Don’t come over here!”]

[“Help! Someone—Ahhh!!!”]

[Amid screams of terror, many workers in grey work clothes tumbled and crawled out of the factory gate. Looking down from above, it looked like a school of fish rushing downstream with the flowing river water after the sluice gate was opened. It was a spectacular sight.]

[As if there was some terrifying plague god inside, some people fell down because they ran too fast and their shoes flew off, and they immediately got up and ran forward barefoot in socks, not even throwing away the shoes that fell to the side, for fear that their parents did not give them more legs and that they ran too slowly.]

[Until the last few workers with tattered clothes and blood on them ran out of the factory, a blurry black shadow flew out of the factory at an extremely fast speed and hit the last few unlucky people who left. The workers hit by the shadow screamed and were crushed to the ground. They were unable to get up for a while because of the weight of the shadow on their backs.]

[The blurry black shadow stopped after hitting the worker. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a fat middle-aged man in a suit and glasses with a beer belly.]

[This obese middle-aged man is the boss of this factory. He no longer has the arrogance and meanness he had before when he exploited male workers and used the employees' mistakes to coerce their wives into submission. His pale, bloodless face with tears streaming down his face still has traces of fear and pain. There is an extremely hideous bloody hole in the middle of his beer belly, which weighs at least 50 kilograms. Various organs flow out of the hole along with the blood, and flow onto the faces of the workers who are pressed down by his 300-kilogram weight, causing even more shrill screams.]

[“Hmm… hm?”]

[Zain wiped the blood from his fierce face and walked out of the factory, frowning suddenly.]

[Many of the first workers to flee had already rushed onto the various machines parked outside and inside the factory, rumbling outside. The rumbling engine sounds of the heavy industrial machinery sounded to the rhinoceros Gurongi like a student studying hard before the college entrance examination being beaten by a bunch of square dance aunties outside the building, who were dancing with the Great Compassion Mantra playing on their speakers, and they danced all night until dawn before they left.]

[You can imagine how Zain feels now. His face is twisted and twitching, and his whites of his eyes are bloodshot as he looks at the workers who are running away with the work machines. He fiercely directs his gaze at the unlucky guys who pushed the boss's body away and ran towards the factory. He strides towards one of the workers who is running towards another dump truck.]

[“Uwaa! Help! Help——Gu!?”]

[Just as the worker opened the door of the dump truck with a panicked expression and got in, a strong arm with bulging muscles grabbed the handle of the dump truck's cab and pulled the entire door down, then grabbed the terrified worker's neck and dragged him out of the cab. As the worker cried for help, the hand slightly increased its strength, and the worker rolled his eyes and his legs twitched.]

[“You are the 43rd one, are you proud——!?”]

【boom--! ! ! 】

[Just before the unfortunate worker was choked into unconsciousness by the grinning Zain, a high-pitched roar like a cheetah attracted his attention. Zain turned around and saw a series of silver-blue motorcycles coming towards him quickly from the factory gate.]

[“Hmm!”]

【Zaimokuza looked at Zain approaching and the worker being held by the neck, and his eyes shone. He lifted the wheel high and hit Zain, knocking him back and making him stagger. The worker who was held by the neck also fell to the ground when his hand loosened, holding his neck and coughing in pain.】

[“Drink!!!”]

【“!?”】

[Zaimokuza, who had knocked Zain and the worker away, just turned the front of the car and was about to continue attacking, but Zain, with a face full of anger, had already rushed over quickly with his fist as big as a sandbag raised high, and punched Zaimokuza in the face with his helmet on before he could react in time.]

[Snap! ]

[“Hmm!”]

[The windshield of the helmet was shattered by this punch, and the fierce punch with the glass shards hit Zaimokuza's fair face, knocking him directly off the Triangle Chaser 2000 and onto the ground. The broken helmet rolled a long way on the ground.]

【"Woo..."】

【Zaimokuza covered his bruised face and fell to the ground with a painful expression. Feeling his swollen cheeks, loose teeth and the iron taste in his mouth, he suspected that his molars had been loosened by the beating.】

[“Since you dare to get in the way, you will replace this Linduo and become the forty-third victim!”]

[Zain retracted his fist and said coldly while looking at Zaimokuza who had fallen to the ground.]

[After saying this, it rushed forward again, waving its fist, and without a word or a second, it punched Zaimokuza's head with a force that was strong enough to break a 20-centimeter thick steel plate.]

【Zaimokuza lowered his head and rolled sideways to avoid Zain's fist. The fierce gust of wind caused by the heavy fist passing behind his ear made him have no doubt that this punch could directly smash an ordinary person's brain like a watermelon.】

[“What!? Ugh!”]

[“Drink!!!”]

[Zaimokuza, who dodged the opponent's punch, just stood up and put his hands on his waist to call out the belt to transform, but Zain growled and lowered his head to hug Zaimokuza's waist, interrupting his transformation and lifting him up, throwing him behind his back and throwing him over his shoulder.]

[Zaimokuza's back hit the ground hard, and the impact of the collision penetrated into his internal organs from the back, almost making him want to suffocate, but he immediately turned around and tried to stand up, enduring the pain.]

[As a result, when he turned around, what caught Zaimokuza's eyes was another fist. 】

[“Puff——”]

[This punch hit Zaimokuza's chin. As the fierce punch force passed through his jaw and entered his brain, his mind went blank for a moment. Then, his body, which was lying on the ground, was hit by Zain's heavy punch and flew backwards. A mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth and splashed on Zain's face.]

【"Well……"】

【Zaimokuza stood up with trembling hands and feet. The scene in front of him had an afterimage because of the punch, and his cerebellum was also shaken by the punch. His legs trembled and his body swayed, almost falling down.】

【But a pair of hands grabbed his collar and lifted up Zaimokuza's body as he was about to lean forward, and then he was forced to turn to the left.】

【"snort!"】

[Zain grinned and bound Zaimokuza with both hands. His right arm, as thick as a log, wrapped around Zaimokuza's neck, and his left hand pressed down on Zaimokuza's head, and he continued to apply force to the left in a cross-locked position.]

[“Feel the pain of having your neck broken! Linduo!”]

[“Wow!!!”]

[Zaimokuza, with a look of pain on his face, grabbed the thick arm that bound his neck with both hands, and as Zain leaned back, his legs left the ground and kept kicking and struggling.]

[He could clearly hear the "crunching" sound of his slender neck bones being violently beaten by the opponent. It would not be surprising if his neck was broken in the next moment.]

[The worker had just recovered and quietly escaped while Zain wasn't paying attention. At this moment, the only sound echoing in the factory was Zaimokuza's screams of pain as he was being tortured by the muscular man.]

"Oh my god! There is actually such an operation!?"

Ishigami Yu looked at Zaimokuza being choked by Zain on the computer screen in front of him, his expression dumbfounded.

He never expected that the enemies this time would be so wild. They were completely different from the group of Gurongi that appeared before. Not only did they have no martial ethics and tricked and ambushed Zaimokuza Yoshiki, a young man who was not even a fraction of their age, but their series of fierce attacks left Zaimokuza with no chance to transform and fight back. It was just like the player who skipped class and used the bug to attack from behind when fighting the Phantom Monk in "Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice".

Compared to those "honest" counterparts who appeared before it and were full of martial virtues and were all waiting for Zaimokuza to transform before taking action, the zu-zain-da of this "zu" group leader was simply a mudslide in Gurongi. His attacks were completely unconventional and he perfectly mastered the rules of victory by accident.

That is to use a series of fierce attacks to make the enemy completely unable to breathe, and directly deal with the opponent before transforming!

If the No. 6, No. 14 and No. 21 that appeared before had followed its example and not waved when the wind was favorable, Zaimokuza would have died long ago.

【At the same time, Chiba Prefecture Station. 】

【Da da da--】

[A tram slowly entered the station. After entering the station, the doors opened at the same time, and many people filed out of it. Various kinds of shoes stepped on the platform, and the busy footsteps sounded. People as numerous as ants walked towards the exit of the platform. ]

[After everyone left and the tram door was about to close, a pair of black leather boots stepped out of the tram.]

【“We’re finally here.”】

[Hiratsuka Shizuka, who was carrying a backpack, had just stepped out of the train when the door closed. She heard the rumble of the train leaving the station from behind her. She looked at the familiar platform in front of her after many years and slowly exhaled a puff of white mist from her mouth. Her face, which already had dark circles under her eyes from staying up late, looked even more tired. Her expression seemed to have aged several years in an instant and entered menopause.]

【There was a small accident on this trip. 】

[Before setting off, Shizuka Hiratsuka was preparing to resign, so she forgot to refuel her car, which caused her Aston Martin to break down halfway due to lack of gas.]

[Helpless Shizuka Hiratsuka could only call a tow truck to tow her beloved car away. She met a kind-hearted person on the road and asked him to take a ride to the station. She got in before the train to Chiba Prefecture departed. She experienced the long-lost feeling of being squeezed by crowds, which she had only experienced when she was in school.

[The crowds of people in the train were like sardines in a can, and she almost couldn't breathe. She was also unlucky enough to meet a pervert who wanted to take advantage of her because of her beautiful appearance. Judging from his skillful tricks that didn't attract the attention of people other than the person involved, he must be a repeat offender.]

[But Shizuka Hiratsuka is not a timid girl who lets them do whatever they want because she is afraid of being discovered. When she found out that a pervert was taking advantage of her, Shizuka Hiratsuka reached out and grabbed the rough hand that was touching her butt. She bent four fingers of the hand in the opposite direction expressionlessly as the pervert screamed. Then she watched the pervert, who was afraid of attracting the attention of the people around him who were attracted by the screams, silently endured the pain and ran to another car, thus saving the last bit of face for herself.]

[I've really softened my heart. If it were in high school, I would have beaten this scum up in front of everyone on the bus. At least I would have let him experience what social death feels like, Shizuka Hiratsuka thought as she swung her wrist and smacked her lips.]

[“Chiba Station… It’s been a long time since I came back.”]

[Shizuka Hiratsuka looked up at the familiar station sign above her head. The yellowed sign was almost the same as when she left, except that the oxidized yellow color was a little darker.]

[She shook her head, dispelling the nostalgia in her heart, and walked out of the platform alone with her backpack on her back.]

[The next place Hiratsuka Shizuka is going to is another school where she taught a long time ago and her alma mater when she was a student. It is also the place where she and Zaimokuza agreed to meet this time. ]

[Soubu High School is a well-known high school in Chiba Prefecture with the highest enrollment rate in recent years. 】

[Boom boom——]

[Soon after Hiratsuka Shizuka left, another train slowly entered the station. After entering the station, the doors opened and many people got off the train one after another.]

【“Chiba Station…long time no see.”】